Improvement in gate-latches



C. BRTL Gae-Latches.

No; 134,454. Patented Dec. 31, 187.2.

f4 W d 4 O o B o G CORNELIUS BARTLOW, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT In GATE-LATCHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. B Sibdll, datedDecember 31, 1872.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS BAR'rLoW, of Richmond, county of Wayne andState of Indiana, have invented a certain Improvement in GateLatches, ofwhich the following is a specication:

My invention relates to an improvement in gate-latches wherein twolatches are used, said latches being pivoted at their rear ends to studswhich are cast with the plate which carries the latches and spring, andis secured to the gate, the outer ends of the latches falling intonotches made in lugs which are attached to a plate which is .fastened tothe gatepost, said plate being adjustable.

The drawing represents a gate with my latch attached thereto.

A A are the gate-posts; B, the gate; and C, the adjustable plateattached to the post, and having the catches D D attached, vinto whichthe latches are pressed lby the spring I. This spring has a loop at itsrear end which its over the stud Cr cast on the plate E. This plate Ealso has the studs F F, to which the rear ends ofthe latches arepivoted, the spring I holding the latches apart and into the catches DD. The plate E also has a lug, L, attached to its front end between thelatches, which lug serves as a stop for the latches when pressedtogether and out of the catches D D. The lugs M M on the latches are forthe double purpose of pressing the latches together and releasing themfrom their catches, and also serve to pull the gate open. The slots N Nin the plate C are for the purpose of adjusting the plate as may berequired. There is an outside plate or covering to the latches andspring, which is held in place -by a screw in the stud G, to which thespring is attached, the whole being held in place on the gate by meansof wood-screws through the holes P.

I am aware of the double latches of C. C. Vllalconib and J. I).Woodcock, the English patent of G. Carter, and that the adjustable plateC is not new, taken separately.

I do not claim double latches held into their catches by a spring;neither do I claim latches and spring inclosed in a hollow casing; but

Vhat I claim is- The plate E having the studs F F, G, and L castthereto, and carrying the latches H H and spring I, in combination withthe plate C having the catches D I) attached, all operating together,substantially as described.

CORNELIUS BARTLOW.

Witnesses:

NELsoN A. HUNT, GEORGE BIsHoP.

